> > Yes, using Kbytes=1000 bytes is called Puffery, used by sellers to make > their stuff look more valuable than it is. > > Norm
REPLY Not so! It is based on the fact early computers used octal numbering instead of the decimal number system. This was simply a mathematical convenience to start with. Cobol and fortran used 8 bit words for coding. In fact so did Holorith punch cards. 8 columns of holes still fit a conventional office card that was used in those days. 8 x 8 = 64, 1024 /8 = 128 and any of the other numbers are also divisible by 8. 8 bits = one byte. Newer computers went to 16 bit words then 64 bit words. Encryptions are often 128 bit etc. Half a Gig of RAM is actually 512 bytes, divisible by 8 as well. Just think if we had started with a hexidecimal numbering system. BUT God gave us five fingers on each hand, so we naturally learned to count to base ten and thus was born the decimal system. <VBG> _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
